A report by the National Employment Law Project reveals that Amazon Flex gig workers experience significant limitations on their working hours. Interviews with Flex drivers in New Jersey indicated that many are restricted to five hours of work per day, resulting in fewer than 40 hours a week, including weekends. Workers reported being locked out of the app after certain shifts, limiting their ability to choose when to work. Amazon has claimed it has not reviewed the report and that it misrepresents the program's context, asserting that Flex empowers delivery partners.
"The app lockouts are really preventing Flex drivers from being free to choose when they want to work," said Maya Pinto, senior researcher and policy analyst at NELP.
Amazon's Flex delivery program bills itself as 'a flexible way of earning extra money on your own schedule,' yet workers face significant restrictions.
Two of the Flex workers...said Amazon's app would sometimes prevent them from signing up for more than five hours of work a day.
Amazon has grown Flex to deliver many of its packages over the last decade, growing concerns about the actual flexibility it offers to delivery workers.
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